# Multipass v1.16.0-rc5 — 1.16.0 RC

- Product: Multipass (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/multipass)
- Vendor: Canonical
- Date: 2025-06-27
- Version: v1.16.0-rc5
- Original notes: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/releases/tag/v1.16.0-rc5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/multipass/releases/v1.16.0-rc5
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Custom image launch is now supported on macOS and Windows with file:// or https:// URLs
- **added** — Support zoom in the terminal using Ctrl or Command together with +, -, or 0
- **added** — Support the QEMU driver on ARM Linux hosts
- **added** — Start VMs with the Open shell button
- **changed** — GUI now facilitates reusing launch configurations with a button to Launch and configure next
- **changed** — Remember window size and provide better default sizes
- **changed** — Improve copy-paste support
- **changed** — Improve gRPC security with standard mTLS
- **changed** — Update almost all dependencies and move some more to Vcpkg
- **fixed** — Fix 5 different crash conditions
- **fixed** — Fix issues with mounts, file transfer, and SSH
- **deprecated** — LXD and libvirt drivers are being deprecated
- **deprecated** — Blueprints are being deprecated

#### Multipass version 1.16.0

We're pleased to announce Multipass 1.16.0, where the entire code base became fully open source! This is a consolidation release, bringing a ton of improvements to our GUI, fixes to the Multipass daemon/service, as well as important security enhancements.

##### Notices 📣

- Fully open source. Previously proprietary bits for Windows and macOS are now part of this repository.
- [Our documentation](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/multipass/en/latest/) has been migrated to ReadTheDocs and included in [this repository](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/tree/main/docs).
- LXD and libvirt drivers are being deprecated, along with [blueprints](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/multipass/en/latest/explanation/blueprint/). The plan is to remove them in the next feature release.
- This is also likely to be the last release that will support macOS 13.

##### Spotlight 🌟

- Custom image launch! It is now supported on macOS and Windows too (with `file://` or `https://` URLs).
- GUI improvements:
  - Facilitate reusing launch configurations with a button to "Launch and configure next"
  - Support zoom in the terminal (use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> or <kbd>⌘</kbd> together with <kbd>+</kbd>, <kbd>-</kbd>, or <kbd>0</kbd>)
- Support the QEMU driver on ARM Linux hosts

###### Other highlights ✨

- Start VMs with the "Open shell" button
- Remember window size + better default sizes
- Improve copy-paste support
- Improve gRPC security with standard mTLS
- Update almost all our dependencies and move some more to Vcpkg
- Fix 5 different crash conditions (#3978, #4004, #4006, #4010, #4016)
- Fix issues with mounts, file transfer, and SSH (#3902, #3971, #3959, #4007)

See also the [v1.16.0](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/milestone/32?closed=1) milestone for more details.

##### New contributors 🤝

Special thanks to our new contributors :wink:

* @Artem-OSSRevival made their first contribution in https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4138
* @didrocks made their first contribution in https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/3931
* @xmkg made their first contribution in https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4058
* @network-charles made their first contribution in https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4051
* @ntorresalberto made their first contribution in https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/3904
* @rico33631 made their first contribution in https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/3880
* @rshrj made their first contribution in https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4012

##### Feedback 🗣️

Please file issues on the [Multipass GitHub](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new/choose) for problems and feature requests, or join the [Multipass Discourse forum](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/project/multipass) to chat. You can also find us in the [Multipass room on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#multipass:ubuntu.com). See you there :slightly_smiling_face: